There is still a chance that Morin can be found alive, police say, 29 years after the girl mysteriously vanished.

An 8-year-old girl left her apartment to go swimming with a friend who lived in the building around 11 a.m. on July 30, 1985. That was the last time her family saw her.

Nicole Morin said goodbye to her mother, and then seemingly vanished from 627 The West Mall in Etobicoke.

Earlier today —29 years after the incident — Toronto Police, with the help of Crime Stoppers, released a one minute re-enactment video of what they believe happened right before Morin went missing.

Det. Sgt. Madelaine Tretter said they think the young girl was abducted before she met her friend. There were no surveillance cameras in the building when Morin disappeared and police still aren’t sure if she was taken by someone who lived in the building or if the abduction was entirely random. They also can’t be sure if the child made it to the lobby or not.

Tretter said Morin’s friend called the girl’s mother to tell her that Nicole had never showed up. At first, the mother thought her daughter met another friend, but she contacted police later that evening when Morin hadn’t returned home.

“No trace of Nicole Morin has ever been found,” said Tretter, but investigators believe there’s a chance she can still be located alive. “We’ve never lost hope that we can find Nicole . . . but we do hope that at the very minimum that we’ll find information as to what happened on that day.”

Tretter said police have continued to receive tips since the girl’s disappearance, including one this year.

“There’s a number of ways historical crime is solved,” said Toronto Crime Stoppers’ co-ordinator Chris Scherk.

“Witnesses may remember something they saw that can assist investigators. Also, criminals talk. They brag, and they confess. My belief is someone out there may know what happened to Nicole Morin in 1985 and for whatever reason feels like they can’t come forward.”

With the help of social media, investigators are hoping to reach a broader spectrum of the public and get new information about Morin’s mysterious disappearance.

This has been one of the most intensive searches in the history of Toronto Police Services.

Authorities have spent over 15,000 person-hours on the investigation, and created a 20-member Task Force. More than 900 community members joined the search for Morin. A #FindNicole campaign is using Twitter and Facebook to search for and gather information.